UNH Dean Named Senior Fellow of World Wildlife Fund

DURHAM, N.H. -- The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced that Andrew Rosenberg,
University of New Hampshire dean of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture,
has been named Senior Fellow to the Marine Conservation Program. WWF gives
this honor to "exemplary professionals" whose expertise makes their contributions
especially critical to marine conservation efforts.

"Dr. Rosenberg brings to our Marine Conservation Program years of high-level
experience in international and national policy," said Scott Burns, director
of WWF's Endangered Seas Campaign.

Rosenberg, who became UNH dean last year, has had a distinguished career
in the marine sciences. As former deputy director of the National Marine
Fisheries Service, NOAA, Rosenberg was a key agency policymaker and liaison
to Congress, senior levels of the administration, resource management
partners and the public. He managed 2,600 employees and a $420 million
budget.

This post followed ten years with the National Marine Fisheries Service,
where he was Northeast regional administrator and chief of research coordination
in Maryland and Massachusetts. In this position he played a major role
in developing and implementing recovery plans for New England fisheries
which now are showing improvements on the George's Bank and other fishing
grounds. Rosenberg also implemented protection plans for marine mammals
such as harbor porpoise and right whales, and endangered species like
Atlantic salmon.

"I have enormous respect for the work that the World Wildlife Fund does
to improve the conservation of marine resources," said Rosenberg. "It
is an honor to serve as a senior fellow. I hope I can provide advice on
some of their projects from a scientific as well as policy perspective,
drawing upon my experience in government and academia."

Among his appointments and honors, Rosenberg received a Presidential
Award for Meritorious Service to the United States, the U.S. Coast Guard
1st District Commendation for Marine Resource Management, three NOAA Bronze
Medal Awards, and the World Wildlife Fund Commendation for Conservation.

Rosenberg has been appointed by the President and U.S. Secretary of Commerce
to head numerous delegations over the years, including as commissioner
and head of delegation to the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
and the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. He also has served
as U.S. delegate to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Committee on Fisheries.